Improved shutter and awning- combined



- lnitcd gottes R. D. KING, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

Letters .Patent No. 90,177, dated May 1S, 1869.

IIMPROVED SHUTTER .AND AWNING COMBINED.

I The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part ofthe same.

To all whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, R. D. KING, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, andState of New York, have invented a new and useful Combination of anAwning v and Shutters; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of' the same, reference being had tothe Iaccompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, and tothe letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to a new and useful combination of' anawning andshutters, designed to be applied to the fronts of buildings.

The invention consists inhanging or suspending shutters at their topedges, and having them applied to a building, and arranged in such amanner, and in connection with windlasses and catches or fastenings,that the shutters nre rendered capable of serving two diferent purposes,to wit, that of an awning and of shutters, and at the Sametime becapable of ready adjustment to serve in either capacity, aslight-nianipulation only being required to elect that result.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings- Fignre l is a front view of myinvention.

Figure 2, a rear View of the saule.

Figure 3, a transverse vertical section, taken in the line a: ax, fig.l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

To enable others skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention, I will proceed to describe it. A represents the lower part ofthe front of a building;

B is a door; and

C, the windows of the ground floor thereof.

D D D represent three shutters, which may be of either metal or wood,but I prefer to have them of sheet or rolled-metal plate, corrugated,lso as to admit of' lightness with a requisite degree of' stitlness.

These shutters are attached, at their upper edges, to the front of thebuilding, `just over the door and windows, by hinges or joints a., andsaid shutters are of such a length, that when down, they will reach tothe bottom of the front, A, or extend down a suitable distance below thedoor and windows.

To the front ofthe building, just above the windows and doors, there isfitted, iu suitable brackets, E, a horizontal rail or rod, F, whichextends nearly or quite the whole width of the building, the bracketsbeing constructed so as to hold the rail or rod F firmly in position,and sustain the weight of the shutters when the saine are raised.

To the outer side of each shutter, at or near the centre, there isattached a staple or loop, b, to which one end of'rhains G is connected.

These chains pass over loose pulleys c on the rail or vrod F, and thencethrough the l'ront of the building,

and are connected, respectively, to shafts H I J, which are fit-ted insuitable bearings d. (See gs. 2 and 3.)

The shaft H has a chain, K, attached to it, which extends down, and isconnected to a windlass, L, provided with a pawl and ratchet, e f.

The chain K is wound upon the shaft Hin areverse direction to the chainG, which isy connected thereto, and when the shutter D is down, or inaclosed position, the chain G will be wound from shaft H, and the chainK wound up thereon.

By turning the windlass L in the proper direction,

lthe shaft H will be turned, so as to wind the chain K upon thewindlass-drnm, and o' from shaft H, while the chain G of said shaft willbe wound upon it, and the shutter D raised.

When this shutter is raised to the proper or desired position, a pivotedcatch or fastening, g, which is attached to an upright or wind-brace/'luin a bracket, E, engages with the staple or loop b ol' the shutter D,and holds or sustains it in proper position. (See fig. 3.)

This catch or fastening has a tine cord, wire, or chain, ax, att-achedto it, which passes through the front of the building, and admits of aperson within the same releasing the shutter when it is to be let downor closed.

In order to let down or close the shutter, the pawl c is raised freefrom the ratchet f, and the windlassdrum allowed to turn gently, so thatthe chain K may gradually unwind from it under the weight of theshutter, a person having hold` of4 the crank of the windlass, to controlthe descent of the shutter.

In practice, I design to have a Weight and chain at tached to thewindlass, to serve as a counterpoise for the shutter.

The other two shutters, D D", are arranged in precisely the same way, GG" being the chains which are attached to the shutters D' D", shaftsl J,and to windlasses O P, said parts corresponding to the chains G and Kand windlass L, above described.

The pivoted catches-or fastcnings for the shutters D D are designated byhj, and the cords or chains thereof are designated by lm.

When the shutters are elevated, they serve as an awning, and aredesigned to have a slightly-inclined position, from their ends outward,as shown in fig. 3, t'o admit of a'free escape of water.

The inner ends of the shutters, where they are hinged to the building,are covered by a strip, Q, to prevent the leakage of water down betweenthem and the building.

The wind-braces h serye to prevent the shutters, when raised and servingas an awning, being thrown up by the wind.

Although I do not confine myself to any particular material for the.construction of the shutters, I prefer to have them of metal, so thatdiey will serve the same purpose as those generally known as tire-proofand burglar-proof. Iron would answer for tire-proof, and

steel for burglar-proof shutters.

The shutters should, when made of metal, be co1'- rugated and attachedto a light skeleton metal frame,

building, and engage with hooks mx, projecting fromv the inner sides ofthe shutters. (See lig. 3.)

The catches or fasteniugs ZX have pins :Rf attached, which pass throughopenings in the front of the building, to admit of said catches orfasteuings being operated by a person within the building.

Thus, by this simple arrangement, I obtain the com bination of an awningwith shutters, and insuch a way that the latter may be adjusted to servein either capacity by a very simple manipulation, and with the greatestfacility. rIhis invention may be applied to buildings at a very moderateexpense, not materially exceeding that of a good canvas awning, and willlast an indefinite period,

whereas a first-class canvas awning will rarely lastI longer than twoyears.

Having thus described my invention, l `I claim' as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patentn.

The attaching, to the front of a building, the upper ends of one or moreshutters, by hinges or joints, so

that said shutters may be freely raised and lowered; in

combination with windlasses, or their equivalent, one or more, arrangedwith chains or cords, pulleys, and

lsuitable fastenings, whereby the shutter or shutters are made to servethe double purpose or use of an awning and shutters, substantially asherein setforth.

